Chapter 404

Ryan nodded to the dwarves to express his gratitude. The dwarves were pleasantly surprised by his gesture. They quickly prostrated themselves before Ryan. They lay their bodies parallel to the ground, touched their faces to the earth, and extended their hands forward with palms facing upward as if pleading for Ryan's forgiveness. To the dwarves, Ryan was a deity. They shouldn't have had the audacity to propose a trade with a deity in the first place, let alone expect the deity to thank them. That was truly blasphemous! Ryan felt a sense of delightful satisfaction seeing the dwarves treating him with such sincere reverence and awe. His mouth watered at the sight of the chili peppers. So, he took out a small one. The small chili pepper had a green lead attached to the stem, indicating it had just been picked. Ryan didn't bother cleaning it. He simply popped the chili pepper into his mouth along with the leaf and savored the spicy, fragrant flavor. The spiciness caused his cheeks